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In 1958, he played with trumpeter Donald Byrd at Le Chat Qui Pêche in Paris and shortly after realized his dream of becoming pianist and composer-arranger for Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. Davis married songwriter Mayme Watts, who was performing as a vocalist with the Walter Davis Jr. Trio.
23 de oct. de 2002 · Barcode: 4 988005 310330. Other Versions (5 of 19) View All. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2002 CD release of "Byrd In Paris" on Discogs.
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25 de sept. de 2023 · In October 1958, Donald Byrd, with his quartet, played the club during one of his extended tours in Paris. His group featured Byrd (tp), Walter Davis, Jr. (p), Doug Watkins (b) and Art Taylor (d). [Photo above of 10 Rue de la Huchette, the brown door on the left]
This rare album was originally issued on the French Brunswick label – and it features a quintet that includes Bobby Jaspar on tenor, Walter Davis Jr on piano, Doug Watkins on bass, and Art Taylor on drums.
The complicity that united the rhythm section – Walter Davis Jr., Doug Watkins and Art Taylor – was much in evidence on Ray’s Idea; mistrusting the traps of the spectacular at all costs, Donald Byrd, producing brilliant inventions on the trumpet, took the lion’s share of the honours on a theme that was then much in fashion, Dear Old ...
Detroit-born trumpeter Donald Byrd (1932-2013) & Belgian tenorist/flautist Bobby Jaspar (1926-63) came together at the Olympia, Paris on October 22, 1958 with Walter Davis Jr. (piano); Doug Watkins (bass) & Art Taylor (drums). The five varied tracks include originals from Sonny Rollins, Bobby Jaspar, Ray Brown & Chris Woods plus the standard ...
He also played in Paris with Donald Byrd in 1958 and with Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers in 1959. After retiring from music for a while to run his tailor shop, Davis returned in the ’60s, producing records and writing arrangements for a local New Jersey group.
